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verify square pixels choice
I’m having one of those days where the more I research and read the more confused I get. ITG Web guy requested a video as QT 640×480, saying they will encode for the website. I simply rendered full screen 720×480 by default, but opening in QT player it’s stretched longways. Since this is for the web, I should use the preset NTSC D1 Square Pixel? And for DVD playback leave the default setting, or NTSC D1? And NTSC D1 vs. NTSC DV…which should be used?
Sorry for the basic questions, I’m just fried and turned around right now.
tia,
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Thanks Dave. I’m digging back in now…
steven
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Yes, as Dave said, for the web, use 640×480 square pix.
Imported DV should be interpreted as Lower field first, DV pixel aspect ratio, 720×480. If you drag it into a 640×480 comp, it should fit nicely, maybe with 3 pixels missing top and bottom. Scale up to fit if you want. (ctrl-alt-F).
For DVD playback use the DV NTSC preset instead.
If you are doing both, you can work in the DV-NTSC comp, then scale in the output module to 640×480 for the web. But you still need to make sure that the footage is interpreted as lower field first.
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